Chrissy’s Review: Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

Theme Music
written by T. Marie Vandelly
published by Dutton Books, 2019

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Did I enjoy this book? It definitely kept me reading from beginning to end, except at night. I couldn’t read this book at night. (I’m a scaredy-cat.) The descriptions of the murders are very graphic. So be prepared for a lot of blood and gore. Theme Music kept me guessing the whole way through. I thought quite a few different conclusions, but I didn’t see the ending coming as it did.

Would I recommend it? If you like ghost stories and murder mysteries, then this psychological thriller is for you.

About the book – from Goodreads: An utterly propulsive and unpredictable psychological thriller from stunning new talent T. Marie Vandelly.

For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it, but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and then slashed a knife across his own throat. Only one-year-old Dixie was left alive, infamously known as Baby Blue for the song left playing in the aftermath of the slaughter.

Twenty-five years later, Dixie is still desperate for a connection to the family she can’t remember, so when her childhood home goes up for sale, Dixie sets aside all reason and moves in, re-creating a macabre decor with her family’s salvaged furniture. But as the ghosts of her family seemingly begin to take up residence in the home that was once theirs, Dixie starts to question her own sanity and wonders if the evil force menacing her is that of her father, or a demon of her own making.

In order to make sense of her present, Dixie becomes determined to unravel the truth of her past and seeks out the detective who originally investigated the murders. But the more she learns, the more she opens up the uncomfortable possibility that the sins of her father may belong to another, and, perhaps most tragically, to Dixie herself. As bodies begin to pile up around her, Dixie must find a way to expose the lunacy behind her family’s massacre and redeem what little remains of her soul.

 

 

 

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